07-10-2022, 02:30 PM
recently i bought an used ASUS X509FJ, got some price reduction as seller said "External GPU is not working". I thought its a driver issue so i bought it.
The model on the down sticker said X509FJ which has an MX230 eGPU, but the laptop bios and all information software says it is a X509FB, which has a MX110 GPU. In device manager, there was no eGPU but a device named 3D Video Controller which showed as not working properly. After checking the Hardware ID of the device and checking GPU chip model, its confirmed that it's an MX230. The laptop has other problems like it's really slow to boot up. I tried to update bios using the shown model X509FB, but it doesn't work. It also doesn't take X509FJ bios, in any official way. Overall I am pretty sure it's an FJ model that was somehow flashed to FB model, and I don't know any 3rd party method to cross flash a laptop bios.
Are there any way to flash the FJ bios in my laptop that thinks it's a FB model? I have attached the FJ bios that ASUS provides to flash with EZ flash, in case its needed.
The model on the down sticker said X509FJ which has an MX230 eGPU, but the laptop bios and all information software says it is a X509FB, which has a MX110 GPU. In device manager, there was no eGPU but a device named 3D Video Controller which showed as not working properly. After checking the Hardware ID of the device and checking GPU chip model, its confirmed that it's an MX230. The laptop has other problems like it's really slow to boot up. I tried to update bios using the shown model X509FB, but it doesn't work. It also doesn't take X509FJ bios, in any official way. Overall I am pretty sure it's an FJ model that was somehow flashed to FB model, and I don't know any 3rd party method to cross flash a laptop bios.
Are there any way to flash the FJ bios in my laptop that thinks it's a FB model? I have attached the FJ bios that ASUS provides to flash with EZ flash, in case its needed.